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3 days to go! Israel urges football fans going to Qatar to keep low profile

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People gather around the official countdown clock showing remaining time until the kick-off of the World Cup 2022, in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.AP


Israel is urging its citizens traveling to the FIFA World Cup this week to be less visibly Israeli.

The unprecedented influx of thousands of Israeli fans descending on Doha for the first World Cup in the Middle East has raised fears of an embarrassing diplomatic crisis between the countries with no formal diplomatic relations.

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